GATES UP, VASE LOST

Vanarama and Matt Le Tissier join forces to support Non-League Day 2014 September 6th.

As sponsors of The Football Conference their primary objective for Non-League Day is to get as many fans through the turnstiles as possible, shattering the league's 2013 and 2012 attendance figures of 39,000 and 36,000 respectively. They will also be working with our official charity Prostate Cancer UK to raise funds by donating 10p for every fan that attends a Conference game on Non-League Day. Based on last year's attendance this would generate at least £4000. However, if 50,000 fans attend a game, then Vanarama will double their donation, making at least £10,000 for Prostate Cancer! Gates were around 38,000 on Saturday-not as many as attended the friendly at Wembley last Wednesday, but many venues had high turn outs.

Yesterday was a big day for FA Vase competitors and local club Penistone Church took a bus across the Pennines to Atherton Colliery, only to lose 0-4, in the first qualifying round. Meanwhile, Hepworth Utd, not far enough up the pyramid to qualify for the Vase, played another local derby against the ambitious Holmfirth Town, forcing a creditable draw 1-1 in the Huddersfield District league. In Surrey, the Old Carthusians FC beat the Charterhouse schoolboys 6-3 in their annual match; 150 years since the first fixture was played.